ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant
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ArcelorMittal Hamburg steel plant, also known as Hamburger Stahlwerke GmbH, is a 1100 thousand tonnes per annum (TTPA) direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF) steel plant operating in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
Location
The map below shows the location of the steel plant in Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
- Location: Dradenaustrasse 33, 21129 Hamburg, Germany[1]
- Coordinates (WGS 84): 53.522601, 9.900749 (exact)
Background
In September 2019, ArcelorMittal announced plans to work with Midrex Technologies to design the Hamburg demonstration plant to produce direct reduced iron in a DRI plant fed with natural gas (methane).[2]
Low-emissions/green steelmaking
This steel plant is associated with a green steel project tracked in the Green Steel Tracker. Details about the project are included below.
- Company: ArcelorMittal
- Stated company climate target for 2030: 35% reduction in Europe (baseline 2018)
- Stated company climate target for 2050: carbon neutrality
- Project name: Hamburg H2
- Project website: https://future.hamburg/en/project-brief-hydrogen-arcelormittal
- Location: Germany
- Coordinates: 53.522601, 9.900749 (exact)
- Project scale: demo
- Technology category: H-DR
- Specific technology: H-DR (waste gas recovery) + Pressure swing adsorption
- Hydrogen type: Grey
- Year online: 2024
- Size (m USD): 122
- Steel production capacity (Mtpa): 0.1
- Iron production capacity (Mtpa): 0.1
- Hydrogen capacity generation (MW): N/A
- Carbon capture capacity (Mtpa CO2): Not stated
- Partners: Midrex
- Date of announcement: 09/16/2019
All references for the above data are available in the Green Steel Tracker.
Plant Details
Table 1: General Plant Details
| Plant status | Start date | Workforce size | Power source |
|---|---|---|---|
| operating[1] | 1969[3] | 530[4] | Natural gas-based DRI[5] |
Table 2: Ownership and Parent Company Information
| Parent company | Parent company PermID | Owner | Owner company PermID |
|---|---|---|---|
| ArcelorMittal SA [100%][1] | 5000030092 [100%] | ArcelorMittal Hamburg GmbH[1] | 5000072758 |
Table 3: Process and Products
| Steel product category | Steel products | Steel sector end users | ISO 14001 | ISO 50001 | Main production equipment | Detailed production equipment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| semi-finished; finished rolled[1] | steel cord, prestressing steels, rope wires, spring wires, chain steels, unalloyed C-grades for industrial purposes, steels for cold forming (Al-free), soft and extra-soft drawing grades, wires for flat rolling, unalloyed welding consumables, medium-alloy welding consumables, Mesh and reinforcing steel grades (mesh and rebar); billets[1] | automotive; building and infrastructure; tools and machinery[1] | 2019[6] | 2019[7] | direct reduced iron (DRI) and electric arc furnace (EAF)[1] | 1 Midrex DRI plant (0.40 MTPA; began in 1971); 1 EAF[1][8][9] |
Table 4: Crude Steel Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Electric arc furnace steelmaking capacity | Nominal crude steel capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 1100 TTPA[8] | 1100 TTPA |
Table 5: Crude Iron Production Capacities (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Sponge iron/DRI capacity | Nominal iron capacity (total) |
|---|---|
| 600 TTPA[10] | 600 TTPA |
Table 6: Actual Crude Steel Production by Year (thousand tonnes per annum):
| Year | BOF Production | EAF Production | OHF Production | Total (all routes) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | – | 900 TTPA[11] | – | 900 TTPA |
| 2021 | – | 900 TTPA[12] | – | 900 TTPA |
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 https://web.archive.org/web/20220318141813/https://barsandrods.arcelormittal.com/mills/hamburg. Archived from the original on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ Hydrogen-based steelmaking to begin in Hamburg, ArcelorMittal, Sep. 2019, Retrieved on: Dec. 18, 2020
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20211223070415/https://hamburg.arcelormittal.com/Ueber-uns/. Archived from the original on 2021-12-23.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221012053501/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20221012-idled-plants-fuel-german-angst-about-de-industrialisation. Archived from the original on 2022-10-12.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220630161631/https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/climate-action/decarbonisation-technologies/hamburg-h2-working-towards-the-production-of-zero-carbon-emissions-steel-with-hydrogen/. Archived from the original on 2022-06-30.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220928175755/https://hamburg.arcelormittal.com/icc/arcelor-hamburg-de/med/a1a/a1a5013d-faf5-ad61-25c2-75260dfad1e5,11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-28.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220928175805/https://hamburg.arcelormittal.com/icc/arcelor-hamburg-de/med/23a/23a5013d-faf5-ad61-25c2-75260dfad1e5,11111111-1111-1111-1111-111111111111.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-09-28.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220318115528/https://www.eurofer.eu/assets/Uploads/Map-20191113_Eurofer_SteelIndustry_Rev3-has-stainless.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-18.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2020MidrexPlantListhttps://www.midrex.com/wp-content/uploads/Midrex-STATSbookprint-2020.Final_.pdf
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221005164342/https://eurometal.net/arcelormittal-postpones-shutdown-of-bremen-blast-furnace-looks-to-reduce-output-at-site/. Archived from the original on 2022-10-05.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220129220418/https://corporate-media.arcelormittal.com/media/kl3iewkk/fact-book-2020.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-29.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ (PDF) https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/media/3z1ozw5h/arcelor-mittal-fact-book-2021.pdf.
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